Picture-hanger



(No Model.) I

.P. H. LYNCH.

PICTURE HANGER.

Ufikfhesses vertical section.

'UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

PATRICK' H. LYNCH, OFBRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

PICTURE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,291, dated June 12,1894.

Application filed October 6, 1893- Serial No. 487,395. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Hangers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in picture hangers, and the objectsof my improvement are to produce a neat and substantial picture hangerwhich may be readily adj usted vertically, and the cross bar of whichmay be adjusted laterally for being secured to pictures of differentwidths.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of mypicture hanger. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with a pictureattached and with the knob portion in Fig. 3 is a plan view of theadjustablecross bar. Fig. 4 is a transverse section thereof. Fig. 5 is afront elevation of the upper portion of my hanger as applied to apicture hook designed to take over a molding, and Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the same, together with a transverse section of themolding.

7 designates what may be termed the knob portion of my picture hanger,the same being provided With a threaded shank 8 or other properprovision for securing it upon a wall and also provided with a support 9over which the hook 10 of the hanger strap 11 may be hung. This hangerstrap is provided with a forwardly projecting lug 12 at its lower end,the same being perforated for the passage of the hanger rod 13. Thestrap 11 is also provided with a series of perforations 14 which mayextend up and down as far as desired, and the positions of which holesare'indicated by broken lines in Fig. 2. The body of this rod passesthrough the perforated lug 12, and the rearward projecting point 15 atits upper end may be passed through any of the perforations in theseries 1 L as desired. To the back of a the picture frame A, I secure bymeans of screws the cross bar which is composed of two like members 16,their outer ends being perforated for attachment to the picture A, whiletheir inner ends are flatted and connected to lap by each other as theyare passed through the socket piece 17 as shown. This socket piece isprovided with a set screw 19 for fastening the lapped ends of the crossbar 16 after the same has been adjusted to the desired width of picture.5 5 The socket piece should be fastened in place centrally between thetwo ends of the complete cross bar. The lower end of the hanger rod 13is screw-threaded, and after passing it through a hole in the socketpiece 17, itis sup- 6o plied with a nut 18 as shown for holding thecross bar and picture in their proper position. Instead of the knobportion 7, when picture moldings are used, the hook 10 may be curved tofit the picture molding B, or an ordinary picture book 0 may be employedand the hook 10 passed through a perforation in the lower end of thepicture hook.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a picture hanger, the hanger strap 11having a hook at its upper end, a series of perforations in its body anda perforated lug at its lower end, and the hanger rod 13 having its bodypassing through the perforated lug of said hanger strap, and having atits upper end a projecting point 15 for engaging any of the perforationsin the body of said hanger strap, substantially as described and for thepurpose specified.

2. A picture hanger consisting of a vertical hanger rod on a suitablesupport, the socket PATRICK H. LYNCH.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. PENFIELD, WILLIAM LAUGHLIN.

